Chapter 143:  A Stab In The Heart

Marie “I’m not going anywhere, Crystal,” Charles finally said. He was firm and unmovable, and the wild look in his eyes made me wonder if he’d finally lost the little sanity he had left. “What do you mean you’re not leaving?” I asked, a little bit surprised. “Look, Charles, I don’t hate you, but I don’t want you around at this moment. Maybe when things settle, we’ll be able to talk.” “When things settle?” he said, scoffing. “That’s not something you can use to shoo me away with. I’m not leaving, but we are definitely talking today.” Crystal got even more pissed off. I knew that she wanted so badly to jump on Charles and scratch out his eyes. However, she held back from doing it, and it was surprising that she did. “You’re annoying me more, Charles,” Crystal said, her teeth gritted. “I told you to leave already, or do you want to be escorted out by the police?” I saw that the argument wasn’t going to lead to anything good, so I stepped in and said, “Charles, you should leave, ple